{"id":414,"date":"2012-04-17T21:04:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T21:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/?p=414"},"modified":"2012-04-17T21:04:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T21:04:38","slug":"benefits-of-massage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/2012\/04\/17\/benefits-of-massage\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Massage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why Massage?<br \/>\nPerhaps you consider massage to be luxurious or too outside of the box to add it to your health regiment.   Adding massage to your regular health regime will not only improve your muscular function but also your mental and emotional state; relieving symptoms of depression and anxiety.<br \/>\nTake a look at the following ways massage can help your body perform better.<\/p>\n<p>Massage Improves:<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Circulation of blood and lymph<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Immune system function<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Muscle flexibility<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Joint mobility<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Energy flow<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Skin tone<\/p>\n<p>Massage Alleviates:<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Stress and anxiety<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Tension headaches<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Muscular aches and stiffness<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Signs of aging<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Repetitive Use Syndrome; ie&#8230;Carpal Tunnel and Tennis Elbow<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Post Surgery muscle spasm <\/p>\n<p>Massage Enhances:<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Muscular performance<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Tissue elasticity and joint flexibility<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Mood and relieves burn-out<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Focus by relieving stress symptoms<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Work productivity by relieving muscle stiffness and improving blood flow<br \/>\n\t\u00bb  Scar tissue functioning<\/p>\n<p>Massage is great for those with physical jobs, caregivers, desk workers, travelers and athletes.  Massage can be received clothed or unclothed with appropriate draping on a massage table.  Seated Chair Massage is a great way to be introduced to massage or receive shorter treatments.  Regular maintenance on our bodies will increase flexibility, improve performance and elongate the lives of our bodies&#8230;just like a car!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/austinist.com\/attachments\/matthewodam\/Massage8.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Massage? Perhaps you consider massage to be luxurious or too outside of the box to add it to your health regiment. Adding massage to your regular health regime will not only improve your muscular function but also your mental &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/2012\/04\/17\/benefits-of-massage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-massage-techinique","category-news-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kivatherapeutics.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}